A new proof solves the “Kakeya conjecture” in three dimensions, opening up a new set of possibilities for mathematics, from computer science to cryptography ...

By solving part of the Langlands program, a mathematical proof that was long thought to be unachievable, Dennis Gaitsgory ...

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Archytas of Tarentum, who was born around the year 435 BC in Taranto, Italy, was another in a long line of polymaths from Ancient Greece.

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Using advanced mathematical tools inspired by physics, the team has derived a general equation for any number of tangent ...

The Breakthrough Prize Foundation today announced the winners of the 2025 Breakthrough Prizes, honoring scientists driving ...

Dennis Gaitsgory receives the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, endowed with 3 million US dollars "for foundational ...

Monash University researchers have extended Descartes’ Circle Theorem by finding a general equation for any number of tangent ...

Professors from NYU and the University of British Columbia have resolved the Kakeya set conjecture in three dimensions.

BSAI junior Daisy Sheng has received the 2025 Scott Robert Krulcik Scholarship in Computer Science. Before she'd even graduated from her Ottawa high school, Daisy Sheng had influenced the lives of ...